var arnews = new Array(5);
totcount = 5;
rnd = 0;
document.title=document.title+ " ";
arnews[0]="
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arnews[0] += "Hurricane Earl weakens as it nears the US East Coast, though officials warn it remains \"large and powerful\".";
arnews[0] += "
";
arnews[1]="
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arnews[1] += "An explosion rips through an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the blast in April that caused a huge oil spill.";
arnews[1] += "
";
arnews[2]="
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arnews[2] += "A tanker carrying 9m litres of diesel fuel runs aground off the coast of northern Canada but no environmental damage is reported.";
arnews[2] += "
";
arnews[3]="
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arnews[3] += "Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington for the first direct peace talks in nearly two years and agree a framework for negotiations.";
arnews[3] += "
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arnews[4]="
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arnews[4] += "Burger King is being sold to private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26bn (£2.1bn), it has been announced.";
arnews[4] += "
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totcount = 5;
if (rnd) {
for (x=0;x<=100;x++) {
y=Math.round(Math.random()*totcount-0.5);
z=x%totcount;
tval=arnews[y];
arnews[y] = arnews[z];
arnews[z] = tval;
}
}
for (x=0;x<=(totcount-1);x++) {
document.write(arnews[x]);
}
document.write("");document.write("");